Hair-curler



H. H. KLEIN.

HAIR CURLER.

APPLICATION FILED .IUNE I5. 1920.

1,356,531. Patented Oct. 26, 1920,.

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HARRY H. KLEIN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-CURLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

To all w hom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRY H. KLEIN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Hair-Curler, of which the following is al specification.

This invention relates to Ahair curlers or haii` crimpers of the type which, as ordinarily made, comprises substantially a flexible bar, around the middle portion of which the hair is curled and the end-portions of said bar are then bent over so as to secure the curled hair in place.

These hair curlersusually consist of a solid `bar of flexible metal, such as leador soft brass, which is covered over with leather or fabric, and they are often found objectionable in that the metal bar or core thereof gets broken, due to the frequent bending andunbending of the curler 1ncident to itsuse. The hair curlers made in the above described manner are furthermore often found too heavy, and quite expensive to manufacture.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an improved hair curler that will remedy the above mentioned disadvantages, and that will-furthermore be simplified, inexpensive, light, strong, durable, and conveniently and economically manufacturable, and possessed of improved flexibility so as to be rendered conveniently and eiiiciently utilizable.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,-

. Figure 1 is a plan view showing the core of the hair curler.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the core shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3` is an elevation showing .the completed hair curler with its ends bent, as 1t appears in the operative state. p

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional .elevation of the hair curler shown in Fig. 3.

Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12 and 13 show modifications of the hair curler.

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary sectional 4plan view showing a modification 'of .the hair curler in Fig. 1.

Thecore 1 of the hair curler is built of a plurality of metal laminations, that are preferably made of thin flexible brass strips, as shown, and specifically the core consists of a central strip 2, an outer or upper strip 3, and an additional or lower strip 4. In the manufacture of this core the extremity 5 of the strip 23 Yis made to extend beyond the strips 2, 4 and is bent over in the manner shown, so as to overlap the extremities 6, 7 of the remaining strips 2, 4 to thereat form a blunt terminal 8, while the extremity 9 of the strip 4 is made similarly longer `and bent oppositely so asV to produce at the opposite end of thecore la similar blunt terminal 10. The extremities ofthe built up core 1 are preferably made angular or beveled as shown at 10a.

When the core 1 is thus completed, in its manufacture, it is covered over with a tubular envelop 11, that is preferably made of fabric which is wovenby a braiding machine. The extremities 12 of the tubular envelop 11 may be then secured against unraveling of the threads thereof by sewing up or pastingthe edges of the extremities,

and thereupon the entire hair curler beand thereafterV the curler can be conveniently removed by bending back its portions 14 and sliding the bar lout of the hair. It will be evident that due tothe corel of the hair curler being built up ofvery thin metallic laminations it is rendered highly flexible, whereby it can be very easily bent when utilized and will remain firmly bent when binding the hair of the user in its operative state. The separation ofthe core into laminations, and the thinness of said-laminations also prevents breakage of the core, as a result of frequent bending and unbending of the hair curler, since the separable laminations constituting the `core are capable of longitudinal displacement rela,- tive toL each other and thereby give way readily to the bending stresses that occur in the core incident to its use. f

Due to the bending over of the extremi` ties 5, 9 of the strips 3, 4 the laminations constituting the core are all retained-td gether in place, and the bluntingv of the terminals 8, 10 which is thereby created serves to protect the fabric covering against being torn or injured by the core-terminals when the hair curler is in use. It will be also obvious that the provision of the laminated core affords a maximum of strength and durability to the hair curler, while it is possessed of a minimum of weight.

According to the modification shown in Fig. 14- the core 1 of the hair curler is made substantially similar to the core shown in Figs. 1, 2, 1, except that the terminal 14 thereof is providgd with parallel sides 15, over which is slipped, preferably snugly, a piece of tubing 16, in the manner shown. The end of the outer tubular envelop 17 may be then forcibly pressed into the interior of the'tubing 16 as shown at 13 whereby the extremity of the envelop is thus firmly secured in place against unraveling and a neat, well covered, and well protected terminal is thereby produced for the hair curler.

In Figs. 5, 6 the core 19 of the curler is shown to consist of a collapsed tube, thereby giving a body which consists of joined laminations, and although the upper and lower plates 20, 21 of this core are not so free to give way relatively to eachother when the bar is bent, the core nevertheless gives fairly good satisfaction in this respect and has the advantage of extreme cheapness of manufacture. The core vshown in Figs. 7, 8 is similar to that of Figs. 5, 6 but the former is provided with slitted sides between its extremities at 22, whereby the laminations 23, 24- formed in this manner produce results approximating those of the body shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3. ln Figs. 9, 10 a core is shown which is similar to that shown in Figs. 5, 6, except that the tube is collapsed only between its extremities 25, thereby rendering these extremities suitable for inserting the ends of the fabric thereinto as illustrated in Fig. 14. In Fig. 11 a core is shown which is similar to the core illustrated in Figs. 9, 10, except that the collapsed body is slitted at 2T in the manner shown in Fig 8, between its tubular extremities 29. Fig. 12 shows a core which consists of a solid bar having a reduced extremity 30, on which is mounted a tubular section 31 similar to tube 16 in Fig. 14. Fig. 13 shows a core 32 consisting of two laminations 33, 311, one of which, 34: extends beyond the other and is bent around at its extremity to lconstitute a tubular terminal 35 for inserting the ends of the fabric envelop thereinto.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be u'sed without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A hair curler having the combination of an envelop, and said envelopV having therewithin a core of laminated metallic strips.

2. A hair curler having the combination of an envelop, said envelop having therewithin a core of laminated metallic strips, and each 0f the outer strips of said core having the extremity thereof overlapping the extremities of the remainder of said strips. Y

3. A hair curler having the combination of an envelop, said envelop having therewithin a core of laminated metallic strips, the outer strip of said core extending beyond the other of said strips and having its extremity bent over the extremity of the other of said strips so as to overlap it.

t. A hair curler having the combination of an envelop, saidr envelop having therewithin a core of laminated metallic strips, the outer strip of said core extending beyond the other of said strips and having its extremity bent over the extremity of the other of said strips so as to overlap it, the extremity of said core havingv a Vtubular element thereover, and the extremity of said envelop being contained within said tubular element. l y

5. A hair curler having the combination of 'an envelop, said envelop having therewithin a core of laminated metallic strips, and one of the` strips of said core having the extremity thereof overlapping the extremity of another of said strips.

6. A hair curler having the combination of an envelop, said envelop having therewithin a core of laminated metallic strips, one of the strips of said coreV having the extremity thereof overlapping the extremity of another of said strips, the extremity of said core having a tubular element thereover, and the extremity of said envelop being contained within said tubular element.

7. A hair curler having the combination of an envelop, said envelop having therewithin a core of laminated metallic strips, the extremity ofsaid core having a tubular element thereover, and the extremity of said envelop being contained within said tubular element.

8. A hair curler having the combination of an envelop, said envelop having therewithin a metallic core, the extremity of said core having va tubular element, and the extremity of said envelop being contained within said tubular element.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York, and StateV of New York, this 8th day of June, A. D. 1920.

HARRY H. KLEIN. 

